Assistant Professor
BSc: University of Utah
MA: Boston University
PhD: Boston University
(209) 752-9741
Research Interests:
- Career growth, longevity, output, collaboration in science
- Growth, life-cycles, and coevolution in complex systems
- Spatial mobility and innovation networks
- Team science, organization
- Innovation and management science
Primary Research Interest:
General Biomedical Sciences
School:
School of Engineering
Bylaw 55 Unit:
Management of Complex Systems
Recent Success:
Co-Primary Investigator NSF EAGER Grant (1738163, SciSIP program), From Genomics to Brain Sciences: What makes researchers tick in transdisciplinary initiatives
Community Affiliations:
MIST
CITRIS
Memeber of HSRI Executive Committee
Graduate Courses:
Quantitative Analysis for Management
Undergraduate Courses:
Data analytics, Network science, Visualization
Graduate Student Research:
Impact of “brain drain” on scientific integration of Europe
Current Graduate Students:
0
Past Research Topics:
Consensus model
Econophysics
Sociophysics
Area Of Expertise:
Analysis of large multi-level data
Stochastic and agent-based modeling
Econometrics
Network science
Data science
Science of science
Biomedical innovation
Science careers
Collaboration
Mobility
Field of Study:
Management Science
Year Joined UC Merced:
2016
Hometown:
Salt Lake City
Member Website:
Current Funding Needs:
Funding to support Post-doctoral student on large-scale biomedical innovation project
Current Research Focus:
Current research is primarily data-oriented, focusing on the evolution of large multiscale socio-economic systems by applying concepts and methods from complex systems, statistical physics, and management and innovation science. Current interests include:
- Career growth, longevity, output, collaboration in science
- Growth, life-cycles, and coevolution in complex systems
- Spatial mobility and innovation networks
- Team science, organization
- Innovation and management science